Obesity and Weight Management

Food, Technology and Nutrition

Obesity is caused due to deficiency of certain minerals and vitamins, and a study of what humans eat which can leads in creating simpler, cheaper and more nutritious food items that provide complete nourishment to the body and ensuring that we do not overload the body with anything that might lead to problems such as over-accumulation of potentially harmful elements.  Scientists and researchers are now a days working on creating super foods which does not spoil for a long time and provide high nutritional value.

• Traditional food technologies are fermentation, extraction, encapsulation, fat replacement, and enzyme technology.
• Modern biotechnology has revolutionized the way foods are created.
• Nanotechnology is beginning to find potential applications in the area of food and nutrition.
• Technological innovations are used in creating lower energy density products
• Some novel fat emulsion may be used to reduce food consumption.